Getting Multiple values in MIPS

Question

I need to get some values from the user in a MIPS program. User needs to enter how many numbers are there and then on next line he needs to enter those numbers. For eg,

Enter N: 5
Enter N integers: 100 -800 1000 450 -500

Here's my attempt

.data

promptTrans: .asciiz "Enter N: "
numTrans: .asciiz "Enter N Integers(Use Space): "

.text

main:
    la, $a0, promptTrans                     # Get the address of the string ready for the syscall
    li $v0, 4                               # syscall code for print string
    syscall

    li $v0, 5                               # Syscall code for read integer
    syscall
    move $t0, $v0                           # copy the inputted character to $t0

    la, $a0, numTrans                        # Get the address of the string ready for the syscall
    li $v0, 4                               # syscall code for print string
    syscall

    li $v0, 5                               # Syscall code for read integer
    syscall
    move $t0, $v0                           # copy the inputted character to $t0

But I am not sure this is the right approch. Because later in the code I need to iterate over those number and distinguish between positive and negative numbers. Any help is appreciated, thank you.